Is this cancer

[killerkitten70]

My mother (64) has just had a CT scan and when she read the accompanying letter obviously couldn't understand it. She has  ovarian neoplasma, free fluid, intra-abdominal matestasesplus other things that I have never heard of.  There was some mention of the lymph nodes but I can't remember what. I googled all of the important words when I left my mothers and it wasn't pretty reading. Her mother passed from pancreatic cancer and her sister though still alive has survived breast cancer. What are her chances of not having a cancer? And if it is likely what is the prognosis?

[aliwitsend]

By at least six days or so after the surgery, you and mom might go down to medical records and request copies of the surgical report and the pathology report, if they are both back.  Your reason for requesting these if for her continuing care.  OR  you can have her sign a limited medical power of attorney or maybe the medical records request form to try and get these records.    AND MAKE SURE THEY DO A    CA-125 bloodwork
before the surgery starts.  Good Luck.

[killerkitten70]

Thanks to kmoe for your reply. All of what I have read does not sound good. Mum didn't tell us she was sick. Said she had a tummy bug and was fine but didn't mention pain or discharges or anything like that (although I have since found out she has had all of it). She has lost weight but has been trying to diet. The main mass is 18cm x 17cm and it is predominantly solid.
It sounds defeatest maybe, but I just want to know so I can prepare myself and my daughters if things don't go so well.

[kmoe]

I apologize for my last comment. I looked up neoplasm and it does not mean cancer. The word neoplasm is abnormal growth. They can only definitely tell with a biopsy of the growth. If she does have cancer then everything else I said still applies. My sister was told fibroid by ultra-sound, fibroid by MRI, and finally one doctor said it looked like cancer after CT scan. It was, unfortunately, cancer. Ask your Dr. for an honest opinion. Sorry.

[kmoe]

I am not a doctor. I believe your mother has ovarian cancer. Neoplasm is cancer. Intra-abdominal metastasis is spread to abdomen.  Assuming she has ovarian cancer you need to treat this aggressively. Make sure you have an experienced gynacologist/oncologist Dr. as one of the factors for a better outcome is what they call debulking or tumor removal. Your mother will have to have surgery and chemotherapy usually in that order in the US. If she is feeling OK that is a good sign. Her outcome depends on a lot of factors but I think a fighting attitude is very important. What you need to do is talk this over with the Drs. Ask questions and don't be intimidated. I can only say that it is very important to remove as much tumor as possible and then have chemotherapy to kill the remaining cancer. Prognosis is based on many factors including how she feels, tumor removal, response to chemotherapy. If cancer is slow growing and/or lower grade, that would also be good. I went through this with my sister and all I can say is hope is not lost but it is very hard. May God give you, your mother, your family and your doctors strength and wisdom.